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Donna King

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born

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

gender

female

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Donna King is a pen name for best-selling author Jenny Oldfield.

Jenny was born and brought up in Harrogate, Yorkshire, she says that even as a child she wrote stories and made tiny books, complete with illustrations. At school her favourite subjects were English, although she preferred creative writing to comprehension, and Art.

Jenny went on to study English at Birmingham University, where she did research on the Bronte novels and on children’s literature. She has worked in a food shop, delivered newspapers, been an auxiliary nurse in a children's hospital, cleaned houses and taught English in schools, colleges, and a men's prison. She has also taught modern dance.

She writes novels for both children and adults and, when she can escape from...more

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Books by Donna King

Average rating: 3.81 · 274 ratings · 71 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Kickoff 3.74 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Slam Dunk 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Double Twist 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Game, Set, and Match 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Balancing Act 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Riding High 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Kick Their Asses: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy in Feminist Perspective by Donna King (Editor), Carrie Lee Smith (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Calm Within: Peace from God in Our Anxious World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating: